The Netherlands competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 108 competitors, 72 men and 36 women, took part in 58 events in 11 sports.
Medalists The Netherlands finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals and three bronze medals.
Silver Herman Ponsteen – Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Eric Swinkels – Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
Bronze Enith Brigitha – Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle Enith Brigitha – Swimming, Women's 200m Freestyle Alex Boegschoten, Ton Buunk, Piet de Zwarte, Andy Hoepelman, Evert Kroon, Nico Landeweerd, Hans Smits, Gijze Stroboer, Rik Toonen, Hans van Zeeland, and Jan Evert Veer – Water polo, Men's Team Competition
Athletics
Men's 800 metres Evert Hoving Heat – 1:48.99 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres Jos Hermens Heat – 28:16.07 Final – 28:25.04 (→ 10th place)
Men's Marathon Jos Hermens – 2:19:48 (→ 25th place)
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1976.
Individual road race Arie Hassink – 4:49:01 (→ 25th place) Leo van Vliet – 4:49:01 (→ 40th place) Ad Tak – 5:00:19 (→ 50th place) Frits Schür – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Arie Hassink Frits Pirard Adri van Houwelingen Fons van Katwijk
Sprint Sjaak Pieters – 14th place
Individual pursuit Herman Ponsteen – Silver Medal
Team pursuit Gerrit Möhlmann Peter Nieuwenhuis Herman Ponsteen Gerrie Slot
Equestrian
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated India (3-1) Defeated Malaysia (2-0) Defeated Australia (2-1) Defeated Argentina (1-0) Defeated Canada (3-1) Semi Finals Lost to Australia (1-2) Bronze Medal Match Lost to Pakistan (2-3) → Fourth place
Team roster Maarten Sikking (gk) André Bolhuis (captain) Tim Steens Geert van Eijk Theodoor Doyer Coen Kranenberg Rob Toft (gk) Wouter Leefers Hans Jorritsma Hans Kruize Jan Albers Paul Litjens Imbert Jebbink Ron Steens Bart Taminiau Wouter Kan Head coach: Wim van Heumen
Rowing
Men's coxless pairs Jan van der Horst, Willem Boeschoten (10th)
Men's coxed fours Adrie Klem, Evert Kroes, Martin Baltus, Gert Jan van Woudenberg, Jos Ruijs (10th)
Women's single sculls Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp (5th)
Women's double sculls Andrea Vissers, Helie Klaasse (7th)
Women's coxed fours Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin, Hette Borrias, Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman, Ans Gravesteijn, Monique Pronk (5th)
Women's eights Karin Abma, Joke Dierdorp, Barbara de Jong, Annette Schortinghuis-Poelenije, Marleen van Rij, Maria Kusters-ten Beitel, Liesbeth Pascal-de Graaff, Loes Schutte, Evelien Koogje (8th)
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Mexico (5-3) Defeated Soviet Union (3-2) Defeated Romania (6-5) Final Round Defeated West Germany (3-2) Tied with Romania (4-4) Lost to Hungary (3-5) Defeated Yugoslavia (5-3) Tied with Italy (3-3) → Bronze Medal
Team roster Alex Boegschoten Ton Buunk Piet de Zwarte Andy Hoepelman Evert Kroon Nico Landeweerd Hans Smits Gijze Stroboer Rik Toonen Hans van Zeeland Jan Evert Veer
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